Photos of Android Phone?
August 30, 2008 on 6:38 pm | In Technology, Internet, Google, Search | Comments Off
Engadget has photos of what they say is going to be a mobile phone running Google-backed mobile system Android. The phone is T-Mobile-branded and produced by HTC (Taiwan-based High Tech Computer Corporation, a member of the – again Google-backed – Open Handset Alliance, as is T-Mobile), and comes with a slidable keyboard.* [Via Reto.]
*The last HTC/ T-Mobile phone I had I gave up on due to low usability, but then again, it had Windows Mobile running on it.
[By Philipp Lenssen | Origin: Photos of Android Phone? | Comments]
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Squeezebox Boom
August 30, 2008 on 5:33 pm | In Electronics | Comments Off
A while ago, I wrote about how I would love a Squeezebox that is integrated with speakers. This would make it a perfect solution for our kids rooms.
Squeezebox/Logitech just announced the Squeezbox Boom, which is exactly what I want. With this, we don't have to deal with playing cds that skip because the kids have scratched them. I am definitely ordering one of these.
YouTube in 1985 (Video)
August 29, 2008 on 3:00 pm | In Technology, Internet | Comments Off[Via Thai Tran/ Best of YouTube.]
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What Does a Video Ad On the YouTube Homepage Cost?
August 29, 2008 on 2:49 pm | In Technology, Internet, Google, Search | Comments Off
$175,000 per day, says Forbes in July, with an additional $50,000 that need to be spent on Google/ YouTube ads. (New ad formats may come up too, Silicon Alley Insider reports.)
[Via GoogleWatchBlog.]
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Google Cuts Off Forestle
August 29, 2008 on 2:27 pm | In Technology, Internet, Google, Search | Comments Off
Based in Germany and apparently launched just this month, Forestle is a search engine using Google’s Custom Search program. On their homepage they say, “Save 0.1 yd² of rainforest with each search you do at Forestle. So far we have already saved 25,024.6 yd² of rainforest!” Now when you do a search, the result shows a “Forbidden” message from Google, and above it Forestle prints this message:
<<Google ended partnership with Forestle!
Dear Forestle user,
We just received an email from Google in which they announced the end of the partnership with Forestle. They said that we offered “incentives to click artificially on sponsored links” and that this was not compliant with their policies..
Well, we don’t agree with that!
We displayed a note at the top of the Forestle result page that says “only click on Google sponsored links if you are really interested in them”. Also we saved 0.1 m² per search and not per click! So where did we offer incentives to click on ads?
In our opinion Google ended the partnership, because Forestle became too successful>>
Another note above that message reads, “Please only click on Google sponsored links if you are really interested in them. You harm Forestle, Google and the advertising websites with artificial clicking.” (I’m not sure since when notes like these have been added to the site.) Forestle says all of their income “minus administrative costs” goes to The Nature Conservancy initiative. While Forestle claims they save “0.1 m² per search and not per click”, on their explanations page they say “Forestle earns advertising revenue from clicks on ’sponsored links’”. (I asked Google for a comment and will update this post should they reply with information.)
[Via GoogleWatchBlog.]
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